Saltwater Flyrodders

Job complete. I'll use a cautery tool to clean them up once the batch is done - and might put some UV resin across the top side of the deer hair to keep its shape.
Will see how they go...

8c. Deerhair.jpg

Step 9:
Tie off (whips can be hard so sometimes a few hitches need to do). Shave with a new razor blade. Use the eye and the hook barb as a guide to line it up. I didn't want the large bushy style of the Andino, so I trimmed it into a semi wedge - with the eyes guiding the ...

Step 7:
Tie in your eye inside the gape. Leave enough room at the front for 1 clump of dear hair.
7. Eye.jpg

Step 8:
Tie in your deer hair - noting the first will remain as the collar and not be cut off - so align the tips. I put some wraps in over this first clump of tips (that will remain ...

Step 4:
Tie in some purple bucktail with extra-long butts - to reverse tie back.
Add another few stands of flash (doubles over) and some longer thin saddles (purple grizzly in this case).
4. Bucktail collar, flash, grizzly saddle.jpg

Step 5:
Reverse tie the bucktail over and lash down ...

Hi all,
I'm tying up some back/purple patterns for estuarine (fast flowing tannin water) tarpon, and thought I'd take some photos for an "On the Bench".
It's an Andino deceiver styled fly - but I'm yet to use it outside of tests in the Swan River. So a disclaimer, they haven't caught a fish before ...

I've got a 2.5m funyak that needs a new home.
Will try and get to the meeting tonight and throw it on the roof.
If I can't make it tonight - happy to sell outside of the auction.

It has the front cut out and plastic welded to take a Minn Kota.
Only used a couple times and was great fun at the ...